Sir Robert McAlpine makes regional office move to Newcastle’s St. Nicholas building

Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, the civil engineering and construction company, is set for a move to the St. Nicholas Building in Newcastle.

Commercial property specialist Naylors secured a 10-year lease for Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd on an 8,095 sq ft suite within the office building, which stands opposite St. Nicholas Cathedral.

Naylors is currently project managing a £1m capital investment project at the 64,175 sq.ft building.

The letting follows Nathanial Litchfield & Partners’ move to the building last December, which took a 5,200 sq ft office suite in a deal also secured by Naylors’ office agency team.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s move comes as a result of the firm’s growing turnover and the need for a larger regional office.

The firm is relocating 40 staff including regional management, estimators, buyers, ICT support and environmental managers. The new office also provides a centralised base for pre-construction teams, who would otherwise use temporary accommodation on live construction sites.

Mark Gibson, managing director for the North East at Sir Robert McAlpine, said: “The specification of St Nicholas Building has enabled us to develop a solution to suit our specific working needs with high tech meeting rooms, a training department and comfortable canteen facilities for staff and visitors alike.

“We were keen to integrate the different departments within the regional office and to improve communications with the site teams. The new office is welcoming for all staff who can book workstations and offices via a centralised booking system that operates throughout the whole company. The feedback to date has been very positive.”

Simon Taylor, director at Naylors, added: “Thanks to the major investment being made in the building’s specification, St Nicholas Building provides genuine Grade A office space in what is a restricted city centre market place.

“We are very pleased to welcome Sir Robert McAlpine who have had a regional office in Newcastle for over 30 years. We also have a further 19,000sqft under offer leaving only two suites remaining totalling 5,000sqft.”

Naylors was appointed as managing agent of St Nicholas Building in June 2015 following its acquisition by a private investor. The firm’s office agency department is working alongside LSH as letting agents for the building.

Sykes Property Consultants acted on behalf of Sir Robert McAlpine.

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